Malawi

The first national chapter of the Movement for Community-Led Development has been officially established in Malawi. Building on the May 2015 High-Level Panel Discussion on Localizing the SDGs (click here), The Hunger Project-Malawi, World Vision-Malawi and Heifer International-Malawi held an Alignment Session on 12 May 2016 at which 18 organizations (listed below) declared their membership and another 10 organizations are finalizing arrangements.

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